UK: Allotment celebrates National Allotment Week, which runs until August 18
Gardening guru Melvin Partridge has revealed his favourite memories of the allotment.
By Rochelle Barrand
Sheffield Telegraph
Aug 15, 2019
Excerpt:
Melvin is very dedicated to the allotment, and tends to it every week without fail, except in the winter months and yet he remains modest about his horticultural prowess.
“I’m no Monty Don, but I do alright,” he said.
“I was here when Alan Titchmarsh came to do the memory garden. The weather was terrible and it rained all day but they did a terrific job and I did my bit too.”
Bluebell Wood Children’s Hospice gardening guru Melvin Partridge.
Alan Tichmarsh’s visit came about after the hospice was nominated for the Love Your Garden TV programme in 2012.
Alan and his team transformed an overgrown, unused piece of land at the end of the garden into a dry riverbed, and the area is now used as a quiet memory garden, known as the Dragonfly Garden.
One person who would disagree with Melvin’s humble opinion of his skills is Bluebell Wood’s cook, John Wan.
John said: “It comes in really handy and we try to use it all fresh on the day it’s picked if it suits the menu.
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Source: http://cityfarmer.info/uk-allotment-celebrates-national-allotment-week-which-runs-until-august-18/
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